The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-08-18

the y. 600 license. Last ysar. with s 800
!iccnse, thsre wsre ninety saloons. bring.
ing In = revenue to the city Of 50. 900.
a we'll was sunk near the residence Of L.
+. Scott at Albert Lea; and when. at q,
depth OF ninety.fiva feet gas enough escaped
TO produce = fiams; and soon It had In
creased 20 that i blaze over d foot In
height was made. A pipe was run into
4, Mr. eeotte house and q room brilliantly
house in the state to be lighted with natu.
raj gas.
At Hasting. Lewis Van Inweeen 4 Son
have made an assignment to l.. s.. Follett
Tor the benefit oil their creditors.
Mr., Blaine has gone to Cork, whence he
will return to Dublin.
worth S., O00,OO Recently he went to
the Long Branch races with $50 and came
back with 1918.
Mrs. Harvey Willis, OF Oswego, N. Y.
beat her mother Mrs. Raulinson, 90 badly
that she died:
Forest fires broke out IN the vicinity oil
Neillstile, Wiz; and Are causing considera-
BILE damage:
Gen. George Curtis Lee, president Of the
Washington and Lee university of Virginia;
tho Oldest son Of the late Gen. Robert E.
Lee; is dangerously i'll.
Jerry Pagels, st. Louis murderer SEN
fenced to hang committed suicike in his
Prof. Thomas Baldwin of Sanfrau sue.
cessfully repeated his feat OF jumping nom
balloon in mid-Air to the earth by the
aid OF his patent parachute. 1t is estimat-
ed that atleast 80, 900 people witnessed the
Jump. His fall is estimated at LOO feet,
occupy ing one minute and twenty -four Sec
onds, and he landed in shallow water in the
buy.
Three firemen were instantly killed and
four badly injured ut St. Louis by falling
walls: The dead are Barney McKernan,
Frank Mcdonald, Chris Hoell. The injured
are James O'Brien. fatally; Jacob Feldt.
verely; Mat De Fore, slightly.
The first vessel ever built ON Lake SUPERB.
or, was launched at Baraga, near Mar
quette, in the presence of thousands. She will
carry l, 200, 900 lumber, and will load at
once, making one trip before getting her
spars.
Postoftices discontinued: Minnesota:
Clarified, Stevens county. Name changed
Dakota: Brookfield, Moody county, to
Trent. Fourth.csass postmasters ap-
pointed-Dakota: Ferry, G: j.: Newhouser;
Rio, j. Buchanan; Sogu, N: E. Slnds; Ar
gaville; NJ. r. Clancy; Colvin. H. H. Stand
ish:
A new secret organization known as the
"Brotherhood," in many respects similar
to the Knights of Labor, has been formed
n 1o -, L., -
in New England: The organization does
not believe in strikes, but uses the ballot
and cooperative institutions as weapons
OF warfare. It also asks that the govern
ment obtain possession by purchase OF all
the telcgraphs, telephones and railroads.
John Clay, tho only remaining son OF
Henry Clay. died at his farm near Lexing-
ton, KY. After dinner he went out to su.
perintend repairs on q pump. While Civ.
ing instructions to the workmen he fell
dead Of heart disease. Mr.. Clay was sixty
was married about twenty years ago.
An order was issued from the war de-
partment relieving Maj. Daniel J.. Bash
from duty until further orders, and direct:
ing him to return to his home. Maj Bash;
1t will be remembered, is the army pay
master who was robbed OF $3.50 belong
Ing to the United States while on his way
to Fort Mckinney; Wyo., to pay off the
troops stationed there last March. It is
understood that paymastcr Bash is
relieved from duty until the amount is
ms. made good to the eovetnment. as this is
the custom in the army in case there is a
deficit in pay officers accounts. His
bondsmen will be held responsible unless
relief is secured from congress.
The police of Chicago think they have
discovered n clue to the motives leading
to the horrible murder OF William Camp
bell, q wealthy cattle man who was brut-
ally murdered at Mcpherson, Kan.
The free delivery system has been order
ed to be established at GAINESVILLE, Wis, the
service to commence Oct. 1.
At Butte, Mont, w. p. Schuslc, an old
Philadel phian. shot himself dead. He had
lost $500 on Butte horse races and other
gambling, and in despair ended his life
The following pensions have been grant
cd: Minnesota Widow J. B. Kinsley;
Owatonna. original; A. kcnasten, Smiths
Mills; G. z. Reed, Bird Island; r. CHS
R Eanns st. Go1 Paul; +: Conrad k%star; NJ.
lis. Wisconsin,: j. N. Memory ' Eau
I.amphere, Kekoskce; 4. c. Cole, Wilton;
E. Cheeseboro, Badger Mills; L. H. Michel,
New London; N. b. Hood. Lone Rock.
Dakota: Z. Burnl;,n, Millville; H. Deney:
Jr., Florence: A. j. Dickenson, Huron.
Capt. w. F. Marshall, United
lowing appropria tions: Twenty thous-
and dollars for Kenosha har-
Dor, Wis; $4,000 for Racine Wis;
$32, 600 for Milwaukee harbor; 5000, 600
for harbor OF refuge at Milwaukee bay, and
5000. 900 for the improvement of the Fox
WlacnnQIn f1,n
river he says that the mills during the pc
riod OF low water take more than the sur.
plus water from the pools above the Ap-
pleton and Menasha dams, thus reducing
tho levels of Lake Winnebago and little
Lake Butte des Morris, making navigation
precarious. The evil is increasing, and il
it cannot be checked the improvement of
the river should not continue.
Good rains have checked tho Wisconsin
forest fires:
At Melrosc, Mont.,. q. c. Maddaux, d
prominent merchant got into an altcrca-
ton with O. A. Clayton and Charles Pow
ers. ranchmen. A shooting. ensued in
which Matldaux was fatally shot through
the body by Clayton. Powers was shot
through the hand.
Three persons were fined in Washington
for swearing.
A test was made at the Edison electric
light works St. Paul, OF using petroleum for
fuel and the result was quito satisfactory
A barrel OF oil was used to get up steam in
two boilers, and fifty pounds was secured
in less time than thirty pounds in two and
one.half tons OF coal. The oil is elected
into the firebox by steam in an atolnizcd
spray, making q very hot fire. 1t is
claimed that there is saving OF twenty to
twenty-five por cent. in the cost OF fuel be.
sides labor and time.
The Rev. w. w. Dowley OF Gloversville,
N. Y, who had just been called to the
passionate OF the Woodland Park Baptist
church, st. Paul, will begin his labors with
this church the first Sabbath in Septem-
her.
Four boys, whose ages ranged from
fourteen to eighteen years, and a
colorcd man were corralled at St. Paul.
Ono of tho boys acted as spokesman, and
said they were from WHEELING w. Va. and
were on their way to tho plains, where
theo could kill Indians and buffalo to their
hon ria cOntent Thav Ind hoon ;nforn,oj